Staff

Happy Hec

The SouthCoast Morning news is the SouthCoast's premier morning show and is heard daily from 5am to 9am exclusively on 1480 WSAR. Join Happy Hec Gauthier, with co-hosts Joann and Carol and their variety of guests for the most spirited morning show in the region as they discuss everything from TV to politics to sports and everywhere in between! The Bristol County Breakfast Club (BCBC) is the only place to hear everybody's favorite WSAR personality, Hector Gauthier. The broadcast legend has represented the heart and soul of the Greater Fall River community for more than 40 years and is taking that passion for the area into a new era for WSAR programming. Listen live to The BCBC to keep up to date on the latest traffic conditions during your morning commute as well as the region's most accurate and dependable forecast from the St. Anne's Credit Union Weather Center. For 87 years in the SouthCoast, there's been no better station to wake up to than 1480 WSAR...Happy Hec and the Breakfast Club aim to keep it that way!

Marc Dion

On-Air Schedule

Alan Zarek

Since August of 2007, the slick, baritone voice of WSAR News has been career newsman Alan Zarek, who brings his 30-plus years of radio experience to the table each time he takes the mic.

Alan broke into radio in 1977 in his home state of Missouri, where he served as a DJ for a local radio station before sliding into the news role he's now known for. Despite his long career in the field, radio is ironically not the career Alan once envisioned himself in. That vision was actually shared by his older sister! Alan graduated from the University of Missouri with a degree in Education and a year of graduate studies in History with a Foreign Policy Emphasis. After leaving school, Alan decided that being a teacher wasn't for him and moved into radio. His sister, however, did graduate from college with a degree in broadcasting...but she wound up becoming a teacher!

In his years, Alan has taken his show on the road to other markets including Illinois, Ohio, Kansas and West Virginia where he has worked along with statehouses and also delved into local issues. In 2007, Zarek decided to get his first taste of the North East and took on the job of full time news anchor at 1480 WSAR. Ever since, the WSAR Newsroom has been divided into two sections: The Wall Dedicated to St. Louis Sports and The Wall Dedicated to Boston Sports!

On-Air Schedule

Monday

12:00pm - 01:00pm

The WSAR Newsroom

Tuesday

12:00pm - 01:00pm

The WSAR Newsroom

Wednesday

12:00pm - 01:00pm

The WSAR Newsroom

Thursday

12:00pm - 01:00pm

The WSAR Newsroom

Chris Carreiro

On-Air Schedule

Jamie Tyrell

Jo Ann Bentley

Jo Ann was born and raised in Fall River and is a product of an Irish Catholic family and 12 years of Catholic School. For the last 28 years she has lived in Somerset with her kids Kayleigh and Ben, and now has 3 dogs, Jack, Jacktoo and Koji. When not at WSAR she has a few full time jobs: being a mom â€“ it does not matter how old they are, being a mom is a life sentence; as an architect with her own business in Fall River; and volunteering in the community.